FeaturedNeuroscience·February 5, 2014·3 min readA Short Stay in Darkness May Heal Hearing WoesResearchers find simulated blindness in adult mice sharpens the animal's hearing.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readIn One Ear and Out the OtherResearchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 27, 2015·3 min readMustached Bats Use Both Sides of Brain to Process SoundsA new study reports mustached bats use both sides of their brains to process different aspects of sounds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 17, 2015·5 min readMusic in the BrainResearchers have identified a neural population in the auditory cortex that responds selectively to sounds categorized as music.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2017·6 min readMusic Training Changes Children’s Brain Structure and Boosts Decision Making NetworkIn as little as two years of learning, music can change the structure of the brain's white matter and boost networks implicated in decision making in children, USC researchers report.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·September 6, 2019·5 min readHow our brain filters soundsThe brain adjusts the attention it gives to identical sounds the moment they are perceived in the brainstem.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 18, 2019·4 min readBrain imaging shows how nonverbal children with autism have slower response to soundsNonverbal children on the autism spectrum have a slower response to auditory stimulation. The longer response times were associated with poor communication skills. Brain imaging of the auditory cortex could serve as a biomarker for measuring the likelihood of language impairment in those with ASD.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 1, 2019·3 min readMild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes soundThe brain activity response to sound in older children with hearing loss was lower than their peers with normal hearing.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·June 21, 2021·2 min readListening to Mix of Sounds and Silence Preserves Temporal Sound Processing in MiceTemporal sound processing can be maintained in mouse models of congenital hearing loss with exposure to broadband sounds embedded with pauses, a new study reports.Read More
